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Lobby organisation

EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

Labour / trade union · Labour & trade unions · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION appears in 377 declared MEP meetings (110 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

377
declared meetings
with current MEPs
110
MEPs met
€900,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Set up in 1973, the ETUC comprises 93 national trade union confederations in 41 countries, plus 10 European trade union federations. The ETUC speaks with a single voice on behalf of European workers to have a stronger say in EU decision-making and aims to ensure that the EU is not just a single market for goods and services, but is…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 377 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats18950%
Greens/EFA6818%
The Left5715%
European People's Party3810%
Renew Europe216%
Non-attached31%
European Conservatives & Reformists10%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (85 in 2025).

2019
10
2020
29
2021
46
2022
60
2023
36
2024
60
2025
85
2026
51

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Gabriele Bischoff
27 meetings · S&D
Iratxe García Pérez
16 meetings · S&D
Lara Wolters
13 meetings · S&D
Marianne Vind
12 meetings · S&D
René Repasi
12 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
27 Jul 2026Pascal CanfinIAA
15 Jul 2026Hanna GedinIndustrial Accelerator Act
9 Jul 2026Anthony Smith28ème régime
9 Jul 2026Arash SaeidiEU INC proposal impact on workers rights
9 Jul 2026Pierre JouvetIndustrial accelerator act
2 Jul 2026Pascal Arimont28th regime
23 Jun 2026Martin SchirdewanOccupational retirement provision framework
23 Jun 2026Lina GálvezMenopause and labour environment
22 Jun 2026René RepasiThe 28th Regime Corporate Legal Framework – 'EU Inc.'/ Gesellschaftsrechtlicher Rahmen des 28. Regimes – „EU Inc.“
15 Jun 2026Dirk GotinkSupplementary pensions package
11 Jun 2026Dennis RadtkeRegulation establishing a 28th company regime
11 Jun 2026Adnan DibraniIORP II
10 Jun 2026Rudi KennesEuropean standardisation
8 Jun 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
8 Jun 2026Fabio de Masi28th regime (corporate legal regime proposal)

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